Cardinal Sin
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NewsSummer is coming
It’s been a long drawn out spring, but summer must be around the corner as I have already heard the two phases (while working on a boat in a marina) that bring my blood to the boil quicker than a Turkish steam room.
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NewsMarine union is the eutopia
Here’s a thing. Have you noticed how it’s now incredibly fashionable to join a union, more so than any time since the 1970’s it seems.
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NewsIs the leisure marine sector a fan zone?
I wonder if there is any other dynamic quite like the leisure marine sector when it comes to relying on goodwill from companies to operate.
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NewsEngagement - or lack of
In my many years in this amazing marine industry, one thing always pops up as an issue time after time
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NewsDisappointed in you
Well having spent a few days recovering from nine days at boot Dusseldorf, I have become quite reflective.
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Networking
Networking events remain a mystery to me in our wonderful marine world. We are on the main, an industry of links and networks, where you don’t need five links to be connected to any one; its more like two or even one. We are a small industry doing great things ...
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Anniversary time
I can’t believe we have got here, but this column marks the 50th Cardinal Sin ramblings. Oh how time flies when you’re having fun/getting old.
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Survey time?
So while your busy going about your day-to-day business, rapidly adjusting to the changing world and changing opportunity bubble, I ask when was the last time someone asked you how you are?
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Sum of many parts
It’s a constant amazement to me that we make world class marine based products, while at the same time happily sit in splendid isolation.
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Back to the future
I sat at a dinner not so long back and looking around noticed that for once there were more people I did not know than I knew.
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Disconnection
Disconnection, it occurs when you stop getting involved. This is dangerous and we have to be careful this does not start to proliferate in our marine world.
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Lack of buy in
I am concerned, really concerned not about Brexit or all of the other political mish mash, ultimately that will all be sorted out by those money men really in charge. No I am concerned by the total lack of buy in to environmental issues surrounding the leisure marine sector, ...
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Product and innovation
Why do we find that our industry, which is so dependent on new product and innovation seems to suffer such a lack of real funding for the life blood of our business?
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Girls on top?
So we are now truly in the age of the woman, from America from Europe and in to the more or less United Kingdom, its fairly much or about to be, women in charge.
